cb350 electrical issue

[neubs]

Yesterday when I was riding my bike to my parents house after riding it all day it broke down on me. At first I thought it was the battery as I know it's needed a new one for a while. Once I got a new battery and realized I had to charge it first I trailered the bike to my parents, put it on charge, and left for dinner. After dinner I checked on the bike and still absolutely nothing. I then checked the main fuse and found it blown. I replaced the fuse and while the charger was hooked up it would start and run fine. So I left it on charge over night. When I went to look at the bike today the battery only had a charge of 10V and the bike was acting weird. When I would turn the main power on the neutral light would come on and then dim out about 3-4 times and then nothing.

Any one seen anything like this or heard of this? Think it might be a bad battery? Maybe a bad battery and wasn't charged enough?

Thanks,
-Jon

 

[whataulooknat]

yuck Electrical gremlins. You might need a new battery. Your engine may not be charging it. You may have a short that is draining the battery while it sits. What size fuse did you have that blew? Btw I suggest removing your battery to charge it seems to work better. Also make sure your bat charger is working properly. If i were you I would pick up one of those nifty little 2 amp battery maintainers from wally world. Get some distilled water make sure all the cells are up to the full line and set it on that maintainer for a couple days cause it won't overcharge it

 

[whataulooknat]

You did put the acid in the battery didn't you?

 

[neubs]

Thanks. I actually tried two different chargers. One that I know for sure works great and still nothing. It's a sealed cell battery so I can't check the level but since it is brand new and I did put the acid in I figured it would be fine. I'll try the removal thing just to try it. I've never heard that before or done it lol. Thanks again.

 

[warthogcrewchief]

I've had other bikes with problems that "seemed" like a bad battery... What had happened was the ground had become defective. In older bikes, the connections tend to corrode over time. I recommend going through the bike and cleaning up all the grounds... in fact, I've had great luck installing a second ground to the frame somewhere.

As I write this, I also thought that you should check the wiring going to/from the battery and to the starter. Be sure they're clean and tight.

If that doesn't do the trick, it may be a faulty starter. May be sticking or may be causing a short somewhere.



My advice is free and worth every penny!